- Ariane Epars
- Bethan Huws
- Chiara Dynys
- Luigi Serafini
- Michael Günzburger
- Olaf Nicolai
- Patricia Jegher
- Pfelder
- Piero Del Bondio
- Rémy Markowitsch
- Roman Signer
- Simone Zaugg
- Ursula Palla
ArteBregaglia
An art course from Maloja to Chiavenna
July 5 – September 21 2008
Arte Bregaglia: Contemporary art comes to the Bergell, to a valley of
Italian language and alpine culture on the southern border of Switzerland.
It is situated on the driving route from Milan to St. Moritz and is usually
just perceived as a transit valley.
13 artists, women and men, have been visiting the Bergell,
have been examining, exploring and experiencing it. During a summer’s time,
they are going to show their works, thus reacting to the special historical,
cultural and political conditions of this region. What they all have in common
is the context-related procedure, which takes up traces of the past, makes them
visible and lets them appear in a new light.
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Foto: Pfelder
Room with a view
In the ruins of the erstwhile magnificent building of the Belgium count Camille de Renesse three bivak-like dwellings invite visitors to linger.
Location
Torre Belvedere, Maloja
Pfelder
Biographie
1965, in Hamburg geboren, lebt in Berlin
Fotografie, Installation, Intervention im öffentlichen Raum
www.pfelder.de
| 2008 | Die Mitte der Welt, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin/D waste not, want not, Stichting MIKC, Delden/NL |
| 2007 | Peripherie als Zentrum, Kunstverein Freunde Aktueller Kunst Zwickau/D Unverzagt - das Hotel Balzer, Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems/D zamieszkanie - sich einrichten, Galerie BWA, Wroclaw/PL |
Foto: Michael Günzburger
Papierarbeiten
Location
Torre Belvedere, Maloja
Michael Günzburger
Biographie
1974, in Bern geboren, lebt in Zürich
Zeichnungen und Installationen
www.guenz.ch
| 2007 | Chur interveniert, Kunst in der churer Altstadt, Chur/CH Die besten Stücke, Message Salon downtown, Zürich, in Zusammenarbeit mit Petra Ronner Wo? Da., Galerie Habres+Partner, Wien/A |
| 2006 | Sommergäste Michael Günzburger und Petra Ronner, Museum Langmatt, Baden/CH |
| 2005 | allmend, Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich/CH |
Foto: Chiara Dynys
Bellezza / Sobrietà
The words bellezza and sobrietà, written in Gothic letters, emphasise the valley's polar identity between sobriety and beauty.
Location
Church of San Gaudenzio at Casaccia
Chiara Dynys
Biographie
1958, nata a Mantova, vive a Milano
installazioni, fotografia, scultura
www.chiaradynys.com
| 2007 |
Milano, Rotonda di via Besana, Chiara Dynys - Luce negli occhi Berna, Galleria Madonna#Fust, Whole hole Burgdorf, Franz Gertsch Museum, Installazione Milano, Palazzo Reale, Installazione |
| 2005 |
Wolfsberg, Wolfsberg Executive Development Centre Milano, Galleria Monica De Cardenas |
| 2004 | Bonn, Kunstmuseum |
Foto: Michael Günzburger
This could be the beginning
A series of concise and subtle copper etchings, centring on various Bergell motifs in a witty fashion, decorate the inns on the way from Maloja to Chiavenna.
Location
Restaurants and inns from Maloja to Chiavenna.
Michael Günzburger
Biographie
1974, in Bern geboren, lebt in Zürich
Zeichnungen und Installationen
www.guenz.ch
| 2007 | Chur interveniert, Kunst in der churer Altstadt, Chur/CH Die besten Stücke, Message Salon downtown, Zürich, in Zusammenarbeit mit Petra Ronner Wo? Da., Galerie Habres+Partner, Wien/A |
| 2006 | Sommergäste Michael Günzburger und Petra Ronner, Museum Langmatt, Baden/CH |
| 2005 | allmend, Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich/CH |
Foto: Michael Günzburger
HU?
Location
Prätorio, Vicosoprano
Michael Günzburger
Biographie
1974, in Bern geboren, lebt in Zürich
Zeichnungen und Installationen
www.guenz.ch
| 2007 | Chur interveniert, Kunst in der churer Altstadt, Chur/CH Die besten Stücke, Message Salon downtown, Zürich, in Zusammenarbeit mit Petra Ronner Wo? Da., Galerie Habres+Partner, Wien/A |
| 2006 | Sommergäste Michael Günzburger und Petra Ronner, Museum Langmatt, Baden/CH |
| 2005 | allmend, Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich/CH |
Foto: Patricia Jegher
Hotel Helvetia
A temporary habitation recalls the erstwhile function of the Hotel Helvetia as a detention centre (during WWII), bringing the precarious balance between present and absent history into focus.
Location
EWZ administrative building, Vicosoprano
Patricia Jegher
Biographie
1966, in Tinizong geboren, lebt in Zürich
Malerei, Installation, Aktionskunst
| 2008 | Flower Power, Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur/CH |
| 2007 | Eclats, Espace d'art contemporain les Halles Porrentruy/CH |
| 2006 | Walking on thin ice, Kwoto Cultural Center Khartoum/Sudan |
| 2005 | weisse wunderware schnee, Kunstmuseum Chur/CH |
| 1999 | Stiamo aspettendo la neve, Centro Culturale Svizzero,Milano/I |
Foto: Ursula Palla
Passage
From the Torre Belvedere in Maloja laughter pours down the Bergell - as far as the Paradiso (the botanical garden) in Chiavenna.
Location
Mot Sarun, Borgonovo
Ursula Palla
Biographie
1961, in Chur geboren, lebt in Zürich
Video, Installation
www.likeyou.com
| 2007 | art clips, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe/DE Eclats, Espace d'art contemporain les Halles Porrentruy/CH MICRO NARRATIVES, 48. Oktobersalon Belgrad/Serbien |
| 2006 | 2. Biennale VISUAL IMMORTALITY, Shumen/Bulgarien GIARDINO, luoghi della piccola realtà, Pallazzo delle Arti Neapel/I |
Foto: Marc Bundi
Ahi!
In an idyllic clearing, where two stone towers signal the former gallows, past and present emotions of pain and fear come to life.
Location
The clearing is not far from the EWZ administrative building, Vicosoprano.
Piero del Bondio
Biographie
1947 nato a Borgonovo, vive a Borgonovo
gestualità pittorica
| 2007 | Rimessa Castelmur,Coltura/CH |
| 2005 | Officinaarte, Magliaso/CH |
| 2002 | Galerie Riss, Samedan/CH |
| 1991 | Studio 10, Coira/CH |
| 1980 | Spazio Alternativo, Roma/I |
Foto: Simone Zaugg
AWAY
A sculpture made of sugar by the roadside recalls the ephemeral craft of the former confectioners and their taking leave and setting off to go abroad.
Location
Disused service station on the main road, Stampa
Simone Zaugg
Biographie
1968, in Bern geboren, lebt in Berlin und Bern
Installation, Performance, Fotografie, Video, Interventionen im öffentlichen Raum
www.simonezaugg.net
| 2008 | AVERAGE, Kunsthaus Langenthal/CH Mitte der Welt, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin/D |
| 2007 | Peripherie als Zentrum, internationales Kunstprojekt, Kunstverein Freunde Aktueller Kunst, Zwickau/D |
| 2006 | MEMORIA - 7 Positionen, DA-Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst, Steinfurt/D |
| 2005 | Playgrounds, Forum Vebikus/Kammgarn, Schaffhausen/CH |
Foto: Roman Signer
Upstream
From the bridge across the Maira an image of a kayak paddler going upstream is projected at night.
Location
Punt da la Baruna at Coltura
Roman Signer
Biographie
1938, in Appenzell geboren, lebt in St. Gallen
Objekte, Installationen, Performances, Fotos, Aktionen
www.ghw.ch
| 2008 | Roman Signer, Galerie Hauser und Wirth, London/GB |
| 2007 | ROMAN SIGNER – Work', Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh/GB ROMAN SIGNER – Werke aus der Friedrich Christian Flick Collection', Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin/DE Vier Skulpturen, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin/DE |
| 2006 | Reisephotos, Kunsthaus Aarau, Aarau/CH Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris/F |
Foto: Ursula Palla
Passage
From the Torre Belvedere in Maloja laughter pours down the Bergell - as far as the Paradiso (the botanical garden) in Chiavenna.
Location
Palazzo Castelmur, Coltura
map
Ursula Palla
Biographie
1961, in Chur geboren, lebt in Zürich
Video, Installation
www.likeyou.com
| 2007 | art clips, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe/DE Eclats, Espace d'art contemporain les Halles Porrentruy/CH MICRO NARRATIVES, 48. Oktobersalon Belgrad/Serbien |
| 2006 | 2. Biennale VISUAL IMMORTALITY, Shumen/Bulgarien GIARDINO, luoghi della piccola realtà, Pallazzo delle Arti Neapel/I |
Foto: Doris Wälchli
Cor Ross
An erstwhile place of pilgrimage, built on a shoulder which splits the valley into Sopraporta and Sottoporta, into a part with larches and one with chestnut trees, with bad and good coffee, - a place, dedicated to Nosa Dona, a catholic chapel, later a protestant church, a ruin, a tempel-like mausoleum...
Location
Church of Nosa Dona, Promontogno
Ariane Epars
Biographie
1959, in Pompaples (VD) geboren, lebt in Cully (VD)
Orts- und kontextbezogene Arbeiten, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum
www.likeyou.com/ariane.epars
| 2007 | format_paysage, artenîle, Genève/CH "art en plein air", Môtiers/CH |
| 2006 | l’Inventaire, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne/CH Fondation Irène Reymond, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne/CH Mathilda is calling, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt/D |
| 2004 | Kunsthalle Bern, Projektraum, Bern/CH |
Foto: Bethan Huws
Untitled
At the wall of a hay stable, the sentence “Eau et gaz à tous les étages” is shining in blue neon writing, referring both to Marcel Duchamp and to the electrification of the Bergell.
Location
Haylofts on the plain of Bondo
Bethan Huws
Biographie
1961 born in Bangor (Wales), lives and works in Paris "&" Berlin
www.galeriefriedrich.ch
www.galerie-tschudi.ch
www.yvon-lambert.com
| Solo Exhibitions (Selection) | |
| 2009 | Museum Serralves, Porto, Portugal (cat.) |
| 2008 | University Gallery, University of Massaschussetts, Amherst, USA Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France |
| 2007 | Kunstmuseum St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland (cat.) |
Foto: Ursula Palla
Passage
From the Torre Belvedere in Maloja laughter pours down the Bergell - as far as the Paradiso (the botanical garden) in Chiavenna.
Location
Filanda, Bondo
Ursula Palla
Biographie
1961, in Chur geboren, lebt in Zürich
Video, Installation
www.likeyou.com
| 2007 | art clips, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe/DE Eclats, Espace d'art contemporain les Halles Porrentruy/CH MICRO NARRATIVES, 48. Oktobersalon Belgrad/Serbien |
| 2006 | 2. Biennale VISUAL IMMORTALITY, Shumen/Bulgarien GIARDINO, luoghi della piccola realtà, Pallazzo delle Arti Neapel/I |
Lupus
Stills from an amateur film about a wolf that haunted the Bergell and was later shot in the Engadin.
Location
Salecina
Olaf Nicolai
Biographie
1962 geboren in Halle/Sale, lebt in Berlin Konzeptionelle Arbeiten in verschiedenen Medien www.eigen-art.com
| 2007 | Korallengärten und ihre Magie, Leonhardi-Museum, Dresden/D |
| 2006 | Eye on Europe, Museum of Modern Art, New York/USA |
| 2005 | 51. Biennale di Venezia, The experience of art, Venedig/I |
| 2001 | Enjoy Survive Enjoy, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich/CH |
| 1997 | documenta X |
Foto: Olaf Nicolai
Feltrinelli
Olaf Nicoal recalls the oscillating personality of editor Giangiacomo Feltrinelli by bedecking a widely visible tree with red-fired isolators.
Location
Promontogno
Olaf Nicolai
Biographie
1962 geboren in Halle/Sale, lebt in Berlin Konzeptionelle Arbeiten in verschiedenen Medien www.eigen-art.com
| 2007 | Korallengärten und ihre Magie, Leonhardi-Museum, Dresden/D |
| 2006 | Eye on Europe, Museum of Modern Art, New York/USA |
| 2005 | 51. Biennale di Venezia, The experience of art, Venedig/I |
| 2001 | Enjoy Survive Enjoy, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich/CH |
| 1997 | documenta X |
Lupus
Stills from an amateur film about a wolf that haunted the Bergell and was later shot in the Engadin make an entrance into the Palazzo Salis in Soglio.
Location
Pallazzo Salis
Olaf Nicolai
Biographie
1962 geboren in Halle/Sale, lebt in Berlin Konzeptionelle Arbeiten in verschiedenen Medien www.eigen-art.com
| 2007 | Korallengärten und ihre Magie, Leonhardi-Museum, Dresden/D |
| 2006 | Eye on Europe, Museum of Modern Art, New York/USA |
| 2005 | 51. Biennale di Venezia, The experience of art, Venedig/I |
| 2001 | Enjoy Survive Enjoy, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich/CH |
| 1997 | documenta X |
Foto: Rémy Markowitsch
Castagne
The chestnut (castagne can also mean drunk) features as the protagonist in Markowitsch's contribution. It links Africa with the Bergell, thus creating a rich field of associations.
Location
Plaza, on the road to Soglio
Rémy Markowitsch
Biographie
1957, in Zürich geboren, lebt in Berlin und Luzern
Fotografie, Video, Installation
www.markowitsch.org
| 2007 | Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin/D, Bullish on Bulbs (E) Kunstmuseum Luzern/CH, Top of Central Switzerland (G) |
| 2006 | Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt/D, Mathilda is calling – Erinnerung als Zukunft (G) PS1, New York/US, Reprocessing Reality, New Perspectives on Art and the Documentary (G) |
| 2005 | Kunsthalle Nürnberg/D, On Travel (E) |
Foto: Bethan Huws
La Nature
The sculptural production of an arm holding a gas lamp refers to Marcel Duchamp’s well-known work “Etant donnés” as well as to the place.
Location
By the waterfall below Soglio
Bethan Huws
Biographie
1961 born in Bangor (Wales), lives and works in Paris "&" Berlin
www.galeriefriedrich.ch
www.galerie-tschudi.ch
www.yvon-lambert.com
| Solo Exhibitions (Selection) | |
| 2009 | Museum Serralves, Porto/PT (cat.) |
| 2008 | University Gallery, University of Massaschussetts, Amherst/USA Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France |
| 2007 | Kunstmuseum St Gallen, St Gallen/CH (cat.) |
Balançoirs sans Frontières
Two swings carry the untroubled visitors back and forth across the barriers marking the country border.
Location
Grenzzaun am alten Zoll, Castasegna
Luigi Serafini
Biographie
1949 nato a Roma, nato a Roma. Vive e lavora tra Roma , Milano e Parigi.
Installazioni, Fotografia, Belle Arti
www.luigiserafini.com
| 2007 | Luna PAC – Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea – Milano |
| 2007 | Mythos, Miti e archetipi nel mare della conoscenza – The National Gallery of Arts – Tirana |
| 2005 | Buonincontri – Istituto Italiano di Cultura – Parigi |
| 2005 | Sul filo della lana – Fabbrica Pria – Biella |
| 2005 | Miracoli a Milano – Palazzo della Ragione – Milano |
Times
unrealised
When the bells in the church spire of Piuro chime, time returns to a place where it fell silent with the rock slide in 1618.
Location
Church spire between Piuro and Borgonovo
Simone Zaugg
Biographie
1968, in Bern geboren, lebt in Berlin und Bern
Installation, Performance, Fotografie, Video, Interventionen im öffentlichen Raum
www.simonezaugg.net
| 2008 | AVERAGE, Kunsthaus Langenthal/CH Mitte der Welt, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin/D |
| 2007 | Peripherie als Zentrum, internationales Kunstprojekt, Kunstverein Freunde Aktueller Kunst, Zwickau/D |
| 2006 | MEMORIA - 7 Positionen, DA-Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst, Steinfurt/D |
| 2005 | Playgrounds, Forum Vebikus/Kammgarn, Schaffhausen/CH |
Foto: Ursula Palla
Passage
From the Torre Belvedere in Maloja laughter pours down the Bergell - as far as the Paradiso (the botanical garden) in Chiavenna.
Location
Piazza Pestalozzi, Chiavenna
Ursula Palla
Biographie
1961, in Chur geboren, lebt in Zürich
Video, Installation
www.likeyou.com
| 2007 | art clips, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe/DE Eclats, Espace d'art contemporain les Halles Porrentruy/CH MICRO NARRATIVES, 48. Oktobersalon Belgrad/Serbien |
| 2006 | 2. Biennale VISUAL IMMORTALITY, Shumen/Bulgarien GIARDINO, luoghi della piccola realtà, Pallazzo delle Arti Neapel/I |
Foto: Pfelder
LOST
Directly above ‚Paradiso’, the faded name plate which can be seen at the top of the Paradiso hill in Chiavenna, Pfelder places, in luminous letters, the word ‚LOST’, thus underlining the tension between the idea of paradise and its loss.
Location
Paradiso (botanical garden), Chiavenna
Pfelder
Biographie
1965, in Hamburg geboren, lebt in Berlin
Fotografie, Installation, Intervention im öffentlichen Raum
www.pfelder.de
| 2008 | Die Mitte der Welt, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin/D waste not, want not, Stichting MIKC, Delden/NL |
| 2007 | Peripherie als Zentrum, Kunstverein Freunde Aktueller Kunst Zwickau/D Unverzagt - das Hotel Balzer, Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems/D zamieszkanie - sich einrichten, Galerie BWA, Wroclaw/PL |
Canzoni di nostalgia
Coro feminile da Casaccia a Novata in collaboration with Simone Zaugg (mp3)
Eco
At the lower end of the valley in Chiavenna, women's voices evoke images which oscillate between wanderlust and a longing for home.
Location
Paradiso (botanical garden), Chiavenna
Simone Zaugg
Biographie
1968, in Bern geboren, lebt in Berlin und Bern
Installation, Performance, Fotografie, Video, Interventionen im öffentlichen Raum
www.simonezaugg.net
| 2008 | AVERAGE, Kunsthaus Langenthal/CH Mitte der Welt, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin/D |
| 2007 | Peripherie als Zentrum, internationales Kunstprojekt, Kunstverein Freunde Aktueller Kunst, Zwickau/D |
| 2006 | MEMORIA - 7 Positionen, DA-Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst, Steinfurt/D |
| 2005 | Playgrounds, Forum Vebikus/Kammgarn, Schaffhausen/CH |
Foto: Ursula Palla
Passage
From the Torre Belvedere in Maloja laughter pours down the Bergell - as far as the Paradiso (the botanical garden) in Chiavenna.
Location
garden of Palazzo Vertemate, Prosto-Piuro
Ursula Palla
Biographie
1961, in Chur geboren, lebt in Zürich
Video, Installation
www.likeyou.com
| 2007 | art clips, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe/DE Eclats, Espace d'art contemporain les Halles Porrentruy/CH MICRO NARRATIVES, 48. Oktobersalon Belgrad/Serbien |
| 2006 | 2. Biennale VISUAL IMMORTALITY, Shumen/Bulgarien GIARDINO, luoghi della piccola realtà, Pallazzo delle Arti Neapel/I |
